#mlk speech

[afriblaq]

“I’m tired of marching for something that should be mine at birth.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

He not preaching he's venting 😢

[tubbsmccracken]

Great Events that changed our lives.

[thequeenofshebasays]

[cmupathways]

Russell Harris, principal of Jalen Rose Leadership Academy in Detroit delivers keynote speech during the MLK CommUnity Peace Brunch. Pathways staff and scholars attended the brunch during MLK Day 2017.

Ky’s 2017 MLK Day Reflection

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year was a new experience for me. I knew everything about what he did and what happened, but it wasn’t until Monday that I realized how much of an impact Dr. King has had on people to this day. Seeing how many people showed up at the brunch, hearing the speeches, and listening to what keynote speaker Russel Harris had to say about his journey through school made me take a step back and think about what life would be like today if Dr. King hadn’t done all that he did. It is not a world I would want to live in. As I looked around the room I saw how passionate people were about having equal education for everyone, and it saddens me that to this day it still isn’t equal everywhere. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a day of hope, love, and peace: hope for a better future; love for all; peace to the world.

[jebaqpt]

"I Have a Dream" - Inspiring Speech of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Watch this video also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVxz-WI1yCY

[teachingtolerance-blog]

A lost speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s from 1962 has surfaced.

Listen and read it here.

[soworthloving]

"Somehow this situation can and will be changed.

Let us not waIlow in the valley of despair. 

I say to you today, my friends, though, even though 

we face the difficulties of to today and tomorrow, I still have

a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American Dream.

I have a dream that one day day this nation will rise 

up, live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these 

truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." 

#freetobe 

read the full speech here

[azurish]

So the speech was a success, yay.

And afterwards, a couple of my GSA kids - as well as a parent - came up to me to tell me that they consider me a role model/a good role model for students (in the case of the parent).  Which, wow, considering how long I spent hating myself for being a coward on the coming out front, was sort of like a balm for what I'd felt in those times/a sign that yeah, coming out was/is the right choice for me. <3  People telling me that I'm helping change things for younger queer students at my school actually makes me indescribably happy.

(Also, the faculty chorus sang "Some Nights", and now I want to vid it with Grantaire. ;D)

(Anyways, this is now the declared end to the "Abigail self-indulgently angsting about public speaking at MLK Day" series of posts. xD ;D)

(ETA: Also, they gave me flowers, which clearly means it was a successful endeavor. ;D)